July 31, (THEWILL) – The Senate, on Monday, commenced the screening of the 28 ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu.
President Tinubu had on Thursday, July 28, transmitted the list of the nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation.
The ministerial nominees include Nyesom Wike – Rivers, Abubakar Momoh – Edo, Betta Edu – Cross River, Ekperikpe Ekpo – Akwa Ibom, Stella Okotette – Delta, John Enoh – Cross River, Olubunmi Tunji Ojo – Ondo, Dele Alake – Ekiti, Olawale Edun – Ogun, and Waheed Adebayo Adelabu – Oyo.
Others are Uche Nnaji – Enugu, Doris Aniche Uzoka – Imo, David Umahi – Ebonyi, Nkeiruka Onyejocha – Abia, Uju Kennedy Ohaneye – Anambra, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar – Bauchi, Ali Pate –Bauchi, Abubakar Kyari – Borno and Sani Abubakar Danladi – Taraba.
Also included in the list of ministerial nominees are Badaru Abubakar – Jigawa, Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufai – Kaduna, Ahmed Dangiwa – Katsina, Hannatu Musawa – Katsina, Bello Muhammad Goronyo – Sokoto, Lateef Fagbemi – Kwara, Muhammad Idris – Niger, Iman Suleiman Ibrahim – Nasarawa and Joseph Utsev – Benue.
Meanwhile, at the time of filing this report, the Senate has confirmed the nomination of Abubakar Momoh and the immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.
